Hand drawn Illustration, Type and Pattern

Salvador

A piece inspired by my travels through Brazil of the iconic main street in Salvador, Bahia.

Seafood

A personal project series of watercolour paintings of seafood

The Set Table

Collaboration with Cicada Books to create double page spreads and spot illustrations to accompany the photographs with a specific rustic and loose feel to celebrate the beauty of setting a table in style.

Seafood Illustration

Editorial food illustration for magazine article about seafood

Suzie

Excerpts, character sketches and pages from 'The night that Suzie left home' written and illustrated by myself.

Suzie is a young girl who decides to run away from home after being told off by her parent. She disappears into the night where she finds herself lost and scared but befriended by various animals who take her on adventures.

Fruit Book

Excerpts from Fruit book written and illustrated by myself, an illustrated children's book all about fruit and where it comes from.

Fruits of Colombia

Created after visiting Colombia's beautiful fruit markets in the city of Cali, I loved learning all the names and tastes of their fruits as well as trying to capture the vibrant colours and feel of the market.

Tableware

Fruits

Pine Studios

Pine Studios is a greeting cards company based in London created in 2015 by Lydia Starkey, a London born and bred illustrator. Whose idea is to create beautiful, high quality and environmentally minded products, which are suitable for all of life’s occasions.

“My designs are inspired by my love of colour, travel, nature, classical botanical illustrations as well as artistic experimentation which creates unique patterns with a contemporary feel.”

All products are hand drawn and painted using watercolours and inks, each design is lovingly created for those who love to give and receive beautiful things. Proudly printed on eco–friendly paper in the UK and assembled in our London studio.

Halloween Wedding Stationary

Alphabet

Personal project creating alphabet letters out of careers and hobbies.

A - Architect

B - Butterfly Collector

Patterns

Hand painted patterns inspired by nature

Hand painted Typography

A quote from one of my favourite books, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

London

Watercolour painting for a competition to create an image based on London's skyline

Vegetable Festial

To create sketches of fruit and vegetables in an organic style for marketing material for Portobello Market's vegetable stalls an community of Kensington and Chelsea

Fish

Mixed media fish series I painted for an exhibition in 2014

Branding Art & Soul

Developing and creating the brand identity and website for the London based picture framing company Art & Soul, they create high quality customised frames for artists and private clients

Singing and Dancing

Private commision

Bloom

A piece created in collaboration with Bloom which is an original coming of age short film centred around four teenage girls. This piece was exhibited in London and Copenhagen to promote the film's launch.